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LIMPKIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does limpkin mean?
• LIMPKIN (noun)
The noun LIMPKIN has 1 sense:
1. wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call
Familiarity information: LIMPKIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Aramus pictus; limpkin
Hypernyms ("limpkin" is a kind of...):
wader; wading bird (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)
Holonyms ("limpkin" is a member of...):
Gruiformes; order Gruiformes (inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards)
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